Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

Certain Advantage is hiring for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer based in the Huddersfield area. This role is on a permanent basis and is hybrid-based.

The Company

We’re working with an engineering company specialising in solving complex engineering challenges across industries—from Power Generation, Rail and more.

The Role

This role is for a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer—someone ambitious and ready to make an impact. You’ll be results-oriented and driven to succeed.

• Lead and line manage the team, coordinating workloads, resolving issues, and ensuring delivery against timescales, KPIs, and customer requirements.
• Lead complex, high-value projects, delivering innovative, technically advanced solutions and providing expert guidance.
• Drive quality in simulation deliverables and lead continuous improvement initiatives within the delivery stream.
• Manage non-conformance, implementing corrective actions and process improvements.
• Contribute to engineering strategy, best practices, and process development to enhance operational performance.
• Define and capture design requirements, ensuring clarity and alignment throughout delivery.
• Lead internal and external design reviews, securing client acceptance of designs.
• Provide expert technical support in mechanical engineering across projects

The Individual

We’re looking for people who can show:

• Design of transmission systems, gears, and gearboxes
• Mechanical specifications, scopes of work, calculations, drawings, and schedules.
• Analysis of complex design issues, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
• Iterate and refine designs through testing and analysis to ensure compliance with specifications.
• Manage and track design changes to existing products.
• Working knowledge of key design tools, including Solid Edge, Siemens NX, and AutoCAD.
• Confident in chairing design review meetings.

The Benefits

• Salary circa £70 000 per annum
• Training and Development
• Career progression

Working with Certain Advantage

We go the extra mile to find the best people for the job. If you’re hunting for a role where you can make an impact and grow your career, we’ll work with you to find it. We work with businesses across the UK to find the best people in Finance, Marketing, IT and Engineering.

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